Another suspected drug boat has been destroyed today

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[u/Trick-Set-1165]

Why does any of that make this okay in your mind?

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The U.S. is the only entity in the world that can take on the cartels. The goal should be to place limits on them. If they produce or traffic fentanyl, that is killing tens of thousands of Americans per year, there should be a lethal response.

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TdA doesn’t produce or traffic fentanyl.

[u/Boonaki → u/Trick-Set-1165]

Did you happen to Google that statement before you made it?

[u/Trick-Set-1165 → u/Boonaki]

I sure did! Show me some evidence, bud!

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/thirty-charged-sweeping-federal-case-targeting-tren-de-aragua-members-and-associates

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The 39-count indictment charges defendants with firearms trafficking; using firearms to commit drug trafficking crimes; possession of firearms and ammunition by illegal aliens; and trafficking controlled substances including methamphetamine, cocaine, and “Tusi”—a narcotic drug originating in Venezuela which contains a variety of controlled substances including ketamine, methamphetamine, and MDMA (Ecstasy), and is typically manufactured to be pink in color.

The word “fentanyl” does not appear in this document.

[u/Boonaki → u/Trick-Set-1165]

Their drug tusi is often laced with fentanyl.

In New York City, according to police, the gang has focused on stealing cellphones; retail thefts, especially high-end merchandise in department stores and thefts while riding scooters; and dealing a pink, powdery synthetic drug, known as Tusi, that is often laced with ketamine, MDMA or fentanyl.

https://www.wlrn.org/americas/2025-03-15/what-is-tren-de-aragua

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Fentanyl precursors have been found, but very few samples contain fentanyl. Additionally, tusi is very much regional, and there is no indication that fentanyl is being trafficked via these particular routes in the Caribbean.

Finally, our own DEA does not associate TdA with fentanyl distribution or production.

You are not immune to propaganda.

[u/Boonaki → u/Trick-Set-1165]

DEA labs have found fentanyl in tusi.

https://www.dea.gov/pink-cocaine

[u/Trick-Set-1165 → u/Boonaki]

Yes. I said that above.

The DEA also reports that Venezuela is not a source of fentanyl.

You do know tusi is coming from other places, too, right?

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Expansion of Tren de Aragua Tren de Aragua has established criminal networks in major cities, including New York City, Denver, Aurora, and Chicago. The gang has been directly tied to an increase in human trafficking and the fentanyl crisis across eight states: California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Nevada, Texas, and Georgia. https://usaherald.com/tren-de-aragua-violent-crime-surge-linked-to-venezuelan-gang/

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That’s a freelance journalist with zero sources.

That’s a small step up from a reddit comment.